Collar-support.



new and useful Improvements in Collar-Supiports, of which the following is-fa speciiicaand then slipping-fthe ying one embodiment of iny invention Figure` GNTHER Krimi., or New YoaK, N. Y

COLLAR-SUPPORT.

No. soa-932.

Specification o2 LettersPatent.

'Patented oct. 13, isos.

To all whom it 'may concern.'

Be it knotvn that I, GNTHER KEITEL, 4a citizen of the United States, residing in New York city, in*` the county of New York and State of- New York, have invented certain tion.

This invention relates to stideners for garments and is especially designed for use with collars used by'vvomen, and it is oi special ad vantage Where the collar is of considerable height, but ofcom aratively thin and Weak material that Woul 'not of itself retain its upright position. f

The object of the invention is to yprovide an improved form of stifener that can be very readily and economically made, and which will be composed of, a pocket member that can be washed When desired, and of a remov able rigid resilient material that can be read ily removed from the ooket without removal ofany stitches or Wit out in an "way interferin with the 'construction-o v'the pocket mem er but by merely bending the article, and which. can be returned` to the r pocket member after it has been washed' by merely bending to.. permit the insertion of theaeids stiffenerv member into the pockets. A

In the accompanyingdrawings represent- 1 shows in elevation, a collarnwith my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the stiiiener. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sec-` tion of the device andFi 4 is a similarsec-l tion with the pocket inem er bent somewhat upon itself to the position for insertion and removal of the stay member.

The invention comprises two members a pocket member and a stay member. The pocket member is'iormed oi' any suitable pliable material preferably of fabric such as muslin, linen, silk or tape. In the construction illustrated it is formed of along narrow strip a having the end portions Z1 and c doubled upon themselves as indicated in Fig.V 3. Thereupon the margins at f and g and also at 7i and 7c at the opposite sides ofthe lap ed strips are secured together in any suitalble manner," referably `A y stitching s. These side strips torni two pockets d and e having their openv ings at mand 'n respectively that are opposite: each other. The othermember ofthe stiliiener comprises a stay T formed of' a strip of` nil the claim comparatively rigid *but resilient materialV applicati@ mea my 1s, 190s. serai no. 432,585.

such, as Whale-bone, or steel 'or celluloid, or

Wood ofv some nature, or any similary mate- ,w and a; to enter the pockets at m, and n, as

shown., Thev stayis then pushed into'the pockets, Aand the' device permitted to straighten out 'as shown in Figs. 2 and 3; the stay eing of sufiicientlength to completely V'ockets in the straight normal condition. he overlap ing en s c and b .preferably have their en ortions at pand r bent upon themselves again as indicatedl in Fig. 3, to prevent the ends from raveling out and to better protect them. The stitching vs is preferably 'carried across the extremities at y and e as indicated. In fact the line of stitching can vbe continuous around the mar in of the entire pocket member as shown in ig. 2.

By this construction it will be seen that a Vsti't'ener is formed by which it is very easy to remove the stay member upon simply bend-v in@ the stiener as indicated in Flg. 4 and piilling outv the ends of the strip. This will permit the fabric or pocket ortion to be washed whenever desired and t en when d the stay can be returned-to its former vposition. Or should the stay break .it can'be -easily removed and another one substituted.

It will be further seen'that the device is very Simple of construction and manufacture. The fabric being. simply a long strip, that mi lit beav piece of tape or the like, with the ends doubled u on itself asset forth, and secured by theline of stitching to form the pockets. Thereupon the stayv member is readily inserted by merely bending the two members as described. l

This stiiener canbe very easily secured to a collar by sewing along themargins,v as indi- "cated in Fig. 1. This stiffener member can obviously be made in any size desired and can bensed in any part of a garment Where it might be useful.

Having thus described my invention, I

1. As an article of manufacture, a stiii'ener comprising a stay member formed of a strip of resilient material, and a narrow lstrip of `fabric extending the'full length of the stay and provided at its end portions with ook.- ;ets, the outer ends of .such pockets closed and spaced apart a distance substaii.

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tially equal to the length of the stay, While the itself with the side edges secured together `to inner opposite ends are open for the insertion form spaced pockets open at the inner oppoof the stay, Whereb the stffener may be atsite ends for the insertion of the stay, where-4 i tached to a base fa ric, with the stay out of by the stiener may be attached to a base 5 contact with said base fabric.- fabric with the stay out of contact with said 15 2. As an article of' manufacture, a stiener base fabric. f for attachment to garments comprising a GNTHER KEITEL. o strip of resilient material and a narrow strip Witnesses:

of fabric extending the full length of the stay WILLIAM H. REID, lo andhaving each end portion doubled upon FRED. J. DOLE; 

